by Martin Moylan, Minnesota Public Radio ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota exports of agricultural, mining and manufactured products climbed to a record $5.4 billion for the quarter ending June 30. That broke the previous record of $5.3 billion in the same quarter a year ago. Exports to China hit nearly $750 million, a 32 percent […]

STARKVILLE — Mississippi spent 50 years poaching factories from the North with cheap land, labor and government incentives before hitting headwinds from China, where labor was even cheaper. However, industry leaders said Monday at Mississippi State University that the Magnolia State and the rest of the U.S. have a chance to reverse manufacturing losses. “I […]

Woods, the president and CEO of the Association for Manufacturing Technology (AMT), spoke with CFE Media about the short-term challenges and long-term needs of the manufacturing sector. Bob Vavra Doug Woods is leading the effort to move the Association for Manufacturing Technology toward a broad-based manufacturing organization. His efforts to lead the expansion of IMTS from […]

The maker of Evinrude outboard engines has completed a $15 million renovation at its plant in Sturtevant, including the move of 136 jobs from an engineering and product development center in Waukegan, Ill. Tuesday, Bombardier Recreational Products, known as BRP, hosted an open house at the Sturtevant plant that employs 540 people and has undergone […]